Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1905 EAT on Friday 10th March 2023. It’s illegal for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to request banks to provide it with all details of their customers, the Constitutional court has ruled. In a lead judgement written by justice Christopher Madrama Izama, the court found that URA’s request went beyond…
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Zero scores at A-level increase.
By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2012 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. The number of candidates who cannot score one mark in a subject is on the rise at the advanced level, the national examinations body, Uneb, has said. At the Advanced level, Uneb, expects candidates to handle complex tasks that require description, explanation, analysis…
Katengeeto, Uganda’s forgotten population
By Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2004 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. Just like any other festive season, many people go beyond their usual work shifts to earn that extra income. On December 24, 1992, Levi Otobaiti, now 50, was fishing on Lake Nyansala in Kobwin sub-county, Ngora district, when he extended his fishing nets…
NSSF inquiry is incomplete without Saleh – Ssemujju.
Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1923 EAT on Wednesday 8th March 2023. The select committee report into the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is out and has created chatter in parliament. But Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda insists it has glaring omissions, which add to the suspicion that the probe’s MPs soft-shoe shuffled…
Nagirinya’s self confessed murderer: Turns state witness, pins colleagues.
Updated at 2004 EAT on Thursday 23rd February 2023. Isaac Ssenabulya alias Kisunsu, the self-confessed kidnapper and murderer of Maria Nagirinya and her driver, Ronald Kitayimbwa has pinned his co-accused Coprian Kasolo alias Arsenal as the leader of the B13 criminal gang. Kisunsu took to the dock on Wednesday as the ninth prosecution witness, a…
Lack of translated laws slow down local council courts in Bukomansimbi
Posted by HICGI News Agency on 20th February 2023. Bukomansimbi district is struggling to fully operationalize lower local council courts due to the absence of translated laws that guide their adjudication. The community courts at lower local government administrative units are charged with adjudicating minor cases, making relevant orders for compensation, reconciliation, declarations, costs, apologies,…
Nurse intern arrested over raping patient at Entebbe hospital.
Posted by HICGI News Agency on 20th February 2023. Denis Kutesa, a nurse intern at Entebbe Grade B hospital has been arrested for allegedly raping a female patient and attempting to rape two others. Kampala Metropolitan Police Luke Owoyesigyire says that Kutesa was picked up on Saturday and locked up at Entebbe Central police station….
UG Govt plans new tax on gold exports
By Precious Delilah The government of Uganda is plotting a new levy on all gold exports in the proposed revised Mining and Minerals (Export Levy) Regulations. The new levy, according to the regulations seen by this publication, is meant to avoid loss of revenue to the government. “There shall be charged a levy on processed…
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